Ryan Jensen
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For starters, let's just clear up a couple of definitions. According to Merriam Webster: atheist: noun; one who believes there is no deity. church: noun; a building for public, and especially Christian worship. Ok, now this is in reference to an idea by Daniel Dennett where he made reference to atheists needing churches. (search his name if you need to catch up) Mr. Dennett used the word "church" for lack of a better term to describe a public building for people who don't believe in a god to get together. Here's what I believe to be the main thrust of Mr. Dennett's idea. What if we had a place (and by we I mean everyone) where we could gather one day a week. We'll pick Sunday because I've heard some people already do that. This building would be large enough to accomodate a good number of people. The only criteria for gaining entrance is to be a person. You keep your atheism or thiesm, and any other "ism's" to yourself. Identify the needs of individuals as well as the community as a whole, and use logic and reason to solve them. Hell, even talk about 8 of the ten commandments, but call them something else. Pool financial and other resources when neccesary. Get it? It's like being a good Christian without the worship. Refrain from the comments stating you can't be a good Christian without worship. I know what you're thinking, and you know what I mean. … Read More
April 3, 2009 | In Belief
Ryan Jensen commented on Why is the government harder on latinos and blacks? on November 21, 2008, 9:39 PM
I think what you mean is "why is law enforcement harder on latinos and blacks?" The problem is that a majority of crimes committed happen to be by latinos and blacks. This creates a "weariness" that people who look a certain way are going to be criminals because a bunch of people who "are" criminals happen to look that way. If you are latino or black, the best thing for you to do is continue to be a productive member of society to help break this perception.
Ryan Jensen commented on The Black Man vs. the 'Nigga' on November 21, 2008, 9:24 PM
Good people are always ashamed of people who do bad things, no matter what they look like. The term "nigga" really needs to die. The word is way to heavy with history. Look at it this way. I'm white, and I know that if I'm with a group of black people, I can't use that word. You can play the I said nigg"a" not nigg"er" all you want, it's not going to fly. Whether it "seems" like it should be offensive or not doesn't matter. Besides, why do we need a word to catagorize all criminals with dark skin?
Re: Re: The racial divide: what needs to change?
I would agree with the notion that American's are motivated by varying degrees of greed. I do however, wonder why some demographics (read race if you must) put material to the exclusion of their fellow man. Our prisons are filled with people from a certain demographic. I do sincerely believe that their race is a coincidence. I think the reason is the spike in young parents under 19 during the mid to late 80's. A lack of wisdom would undoubtedly be passed down to the next generation. The whole "Forget you, I got to get mine's" mentality that I witness in this age group points me in this direction. This, is, also, of course, the MTV hip hop generation. So I think the racial divide is not really a racial divide, just a lack of good parenting/supervision during a certain time period. The people born during this period are now old enough to show us what they've learned. Heres a link to some statistics compiled by the Guttmacher Institute: http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/09/12/USTPstats.pdf … Read More
February 24, 2008 |
Ryan Jensen commented on Larry Summers on Savings on March 26, 2009, 8:35 PM
It is by pure chance that anyone reading this was born in the United States. We had absolutely nothing to do with creating the opportunities available to us. We all could very well have been born in some 3rd world country. We should all feel responsible to help others in some way, big or small. We're not entitled to anything.